by Serena | Jul 20, 2011 | Daily Life
When I started Kindergarten, my family had temporarily settled into a tiny shack on the Klamath River in Northern California. The house was just off the road, so there was always a lot of action going on beyond our doors. This was Croy Gulch. My parents made their...
by Serena | Jun 11, 2011 | Daily Life, The FC Vintage Fair
The original Farm Chicks office was located in the corner of my laundry room. It was October of 2002 and Teri and I had just held our very first sale, in my friend’s barn, just a short walk from my house. I had a strong feeling that The Farm Chicks needed to...
by Serena | Jun 11, 2011 | Daily Life
The year our fourth boy was born threw me for a loop. The three youngest were all in diapers, one had colic, and I had mastitis. I remember the day I made it in to the Doctor’s office for the baby’s first checkup and being berated by the receptionist for...
by Serena | May 10, 2011 | Daily Life
Dear Sis, I thought of you today. Happy Mother’s Day. And not just because you’re a mom. But because of what a mom you were to me. You know, for all those early years. My brother, sister, and me. Early 1970’s. Remember the year you made me a birthday...
by Serena | Apr 9, 2011 | Daily Life
In fourth grade, my family settled into a tiny cabin in the woods outside of Yreka, California. Yreka had a JCPenney department store downtown and lovely fashions like leather and wooden clogs that were all the rage at the time. Yreka is small town America. Where...
by Serena | Mar 9, 2011 | Daily Life
Sometimes when I start thinking about the things in life that are difficult, I’m reminded of those people in my past that have shown incredible kindness. People that I can only aspire to be like. I think about the Hughes brothers who were “neighbors”...
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